Sentenza 26 giugno 2014, n.26587/07
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled in favor of
Jehovah’s Witnesses and their right to worship without unlawful
interference from the Russian authorities. In its unanimous judgment,
the Court found that Russia violated Articles 5 (right to liberty and
security) and 9 (freedom of thought, conscience, and religion) of the
European Convention on Human Rights (Convention) when police
overwhelmed a religious service with an illegal raid on the night of
April 12, 2006.